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Brent Sobleski
USA Today

Joe Haden is one of the top young cornerbacks in the NFL, and the Browns want to keep him in Cleveland for a long time.

Haden's rookie contract ends after the 2014 season. Browns owner Jimmy Haslam indicated the team could get something done with the cornerback prior to the 2014 season starting.

"Joe's very important to the franchise and people forget, Joe's only 24 years old, because he got out of high school a little early, got out of college three straight years and he's very important to the franchise," Haslam told the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Mary Kay Cabot at the NFL owners meetings. "Going ...